Sky Puppies as Skyfood

We should totally start calling birds "Sky puppies."

[Joe, "PETA: We Should Call Fish 'Sea Kittens'", Joe.My.God, 8 January 2009.]

Between the quotation and the name of Joe's posting, you've pretty much got the story, such as it is. Mostly I just liked the idea of calling birds "sky puppies".

Every now and then, usually when I'm feasting on some manner of seafood, I wonder why we have never called chickens and turkeys and pheasants (etc.) "skyfood", or why we don't call beef and lamb and mutton (etc.) "landfood".

Good heavens, if we use up "kittens" and "puppies" for creatures of the sea and the air, what will be left as the best choice for creatures of the land that we like to eat?

Ah, a contest seems to be in order. Wait! We could develop a consensus on common pre-usage by putting a question on the SATs: "Complete this triad: kittens, puppies, and ______"!

I think I've mentioned this before, but I see teens taking SATs as a great, untapped resource for crowdsourcing and brainstorming — "crowdstorming"?

Posted on January 8, 2009 at 17.44 by jns · Permalink
In: All, Eureka!, Laughing Matters

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  1. Written by S.W. Anderson
    on Friday, 9 January 2009 at 00.36
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    Someone at PETA has too much time on his/her hands. It would be more
    helfpful if that person would donate a day's pay a month to keep shelter
    animals alive, or to help low-income people be able to afford spaying, neutering
    and other expenses of having a pet responsibly.

  2. Written by jns
    on Friday, 9 January 2009 at 00.41
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    All true, SW. On the other hand, without all that idle time for mischief we'd not have "sea kittens" or "sky puppies" and I think the world might be a tad more dreary for it.

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